ISAE-SUPAERO Conference paper
The 1st International Conference on Cognitive Aircraft
Systems – ICCAS
March 18-19, 2020
https://events.isae-supaero.fr/event/2
Scientific Committee
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Mickaël Causse, ISAE-SUPAERO
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Caroline Chanel, ISAE-SUPAERO
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Jean-Charles Chaudemar, ISAE-SUPAERO
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Stéphane Durand, Dassault Aviation
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Bruno Patin, Dassault Aviation
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Nicolas Devaux, Dassault Aviation
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Jean-Louis Gueneau, Dassault Aviation
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Claudine Mélan, Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès
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Jean-Paul Imbert, ENAC
Permanent link :
https://doi.org/10.34849/cfsb-t270
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ICCAS 2020 To a COP with FCAS : Cognitive O …
To a COP with FCAS : Cognitive Optimization
Program with Future Combat Air System
Content
Since the 1980s, the evolution of cockpits in aeronautics has been characterized by a variation in the tasks to be performed by crew members. This continuous variation is accompanied in particu-lar by an increasing number of cognitively demanding tasks to be performed synchronously, under strong time constraints. Due to the limitations of attention resources (e.g., Moray, 1967 ; Kahne-man, 1973) and the rapidly heavy workload when processing information of a very varied nature (Wickens, 2008), the amount of information to be processed from the HMIs of modern cockpits is such that it may be likely to interfere with the processing of this same information (Casner, 2006). The future combat air system (FCAS) is fully in line with this issue.
This study focuses on identifying situations that are mentally very demanding for combat air crews. The identification of demanding situations is the essential prerequisite for the evolution of both crew member training and the design of future cockpits.
This study is part of the efforts to modernize the training of combat aircraft crews by developing cognitive training adapted to this evolution. The most cognitively demanding situations are the most likely to serve as a context for developing Cognitive Optimization Programs. This is why this study focuses on identifying the tasks and task pairs currently experienced as demanding by combat aviation crews.
34 participants, fighter crew members on the Mirage 2000D, aged 22 to 43, participated in this study during a training mission. Each person completed a questionnaire after the flight. These questionnaires included a set of tasks considered challenging whether isolated and/or combined, as well as strategies for managing these tasks. 45 missions were studied. 11 missions were real flights and 34 simulated flights.
The results show that 29 demanding tasks were identified as well as 33 strategies for managing these tasks. The Cognitive Optimization Program includes two major components. Firstly, the strategies verbalized by expert combat air crew which are very specific to the demanding situa-tions (these strategies are a part of this study). Secondly, the reinforcement of executive funcsitua-tions. A fundamental characteristic of executive functions is that they are generic and thus make it pos-sible to deal with the unexpected. This optimization approach is part of other studies under devel-opment at French Air Force Academy Research Center (FAFARC).
Tactical situation management and communication management are among the most demanding tasks experienced by combat aircraft crew members. These particularly demanding tasks will be at the heart of the tasks to be performed by FCAS operators. This is why develop training now is decisive to enable operators to deploy appropriate management strategies in order to make FCAS fully operational.
Mr FROGER, Grégory (Aix Marseille Université et Centre de Recherche de l'école de l'Air); Dr BLÄTTLER, Colin (Centre de Recherche de l'Ecole de l'Air); Prof. BONNARDEL,
Nathalie (Aix Marseille Université, laboratoire PSYCLE)